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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1302. 69Henry's son William of Boxworth 70was lord in 1316 and 1327. 71Probably by 1332, the manor descended to his son … in 1408. 79 Lovett's son Roger 80held Overhall in 1412 and 1428, 81and Roger's widow Isabel in 1438. 82 Roger's … (d. s.p. 1707), who succeeded c. 1680, was a prominent military commander, honoured with an Irish barony in 1690. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… hundreds in 1086, the east part forming Bradley hundred and the west part Wacrescumbe hundred. Bradley hundred was … Northleach manor, with its members of Farmington (then and for several centuries afterwards called Thormarton), … Crown for Glos. ed. Maitland, 446. V.C.H. Glos. vi. 76; Military Surv. of Glos. 1522, 121. V.C.H. Glos. xi. 12, 152. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Bramber BRAMBER Steyning, Bramber, And Botolphs c.1960 The former borough of Bramber, 59 with … for the sections concerning church history after 1526 and education, in which the histories of Bramber and Botolphs … importance of its site Bramber only rarely appears in military history. Apart from the early-13th-century events …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Bramber lies near the centre of Sussex from east to west, and stretches from the coast to the Surrey border. In geological formation and relief the landscape is very varied. The most prominent … (1711), 372; cf. Rot. Parl. i. 299; Sanders, Feud. Military Service in Eng. (1956), 8. Except where stated the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the union of Honiton, hundred of Colyton, Honiton and S. divisions of Devon, 4 miles (E.) from Sidmouth; … 956 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the south and east by the British Channel, and comprises 2987 acres, of … they obtained on Eddington Down: several fragments of military weapons have been dug up in the vicinity. The chapel …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Brechin - Byth (New) Brechin BRECHIN, a burgh, market-town, and parish, in the county of Forfar, 8 miles (W. by N.) from Montrose, and 66 (N. N. E.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the … always more celebrated for literary than political or military fame, descended the poet and historian George …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This parish, distinguished by the divisions of Broad Oak and Brede High, is bounded on the south by the Brede channel, which is navigable for barges, and over which is a bridge; and is intersected in the eastern … This place appears to have been the scene of various military transactions at an early period; and on the summit …
A Dictionary of London
… name in the City in the 14th century. One near the Tower and the other at Dowgate. The one near the Tower seems to … that year is included the item "money borrowed for piles and making a bretask" (Cal. L. Bk. F. p. 16). This bretask or fortified house was used by the City as a military storehouse, and its contents, including 7 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Cumberland; comprising the townships of Bridekirk, Great and Little Broughton, Dovenby, Papcastle, Ribton, and … his cause, under the legal severity of Jeffreys, and the military executions of Kirke. The town is pleasantly situated … debarkation, bombarded the town. In 1779, a desperate naval fight took place off the coast by moonlight, between …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Bridgwater BRIDGWATER Bridgwater and adjoining parishes c.1840 The borough and port of Bridgwater lies in an irregularly shaped parish … both the old and the new bridge. 5 In the 1480s tides and military vehicles damaged the bridge, 6 which was repaired in …